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We’ve been getting lots of questions about the changes happening at Wasaga Beach, and how they will impact the Piping Plovers that nest there. Thank you for caring! Here are some answers.
Dr. Doug Tozer was honoured with a Conservation Award from Ontario Nature in early December 2025, spotlighting decades of quiet, meticulous work that has transformed how we understand and protect wetlands and the birds and frogs that depend on them.
Birds Canada’s first-ever Science in Action Report is a celebration of something powerful: what happens when decades of standardized monitoring, cutting‑edge tools, and thousands of passionate people come together for birds? It answers a big question in a very grounded way: How does science actually improve things for birds and the places they depend on?
Evening Grosbeaks are widely distributed in Canada, occurring as far west as the Pacific Coast, north to the Yukon border, and east to the Atlantic Coast. We are currently in the midst of an irruption of this species throughout central and eastern Canada. So, with the Evening Grosbeak fresh in the minds of many Canadians, what better way is there to celebrate and learn about this bird that so captures the imagination than to make it our 2026 Avian Ambassador?
Grab a cuppa and enjoy the science and stories behind 30 years of wetland conservation in the Great Lakes with this deep dive (wade) into the Marsh Monitoring Program’s evolution, achievements, and impact.
Birds Canada’s staff and volunteers are hard at work organizing the deployment and retrieval of new ARUs with partners and collaborators across Canada, in known and remote locations, to reveal the secrets of avian life.
How boreal birds respond to forest fires
This spring, Birds Canada was proud to not only be invited back to both Cree territory along the shores of Wiiniibek (James Bay) and Nunatsiavut in northern Labrador, but also for the first time to NunatuKavut in southern Labrador, to install new Motus Wildlife Tracking System stations. This work integrates two major five-year initiatives that Birds Canada is embarking on: Science in the North and Motus on the Move.
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